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On Feb. 6, NASA is scheduled to launch a major, multi-million dollar satellite to a reserved spot in Earth’s orbit. Sitting above even the International Space Station, the spacecraft called PACE (which stands for Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, …

Spaceflight Now

After completing a Launch Readiness Review Sunday afternoon, teams from NASA, SpaceX and Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD45) are aiming for a 1:33 a.m. EST (0633 UTC) liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

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Material is being dragged from the galaxy NGC 5427 by its galactic partner hinting that the two could eventually merge. Comments (0). a white and light blue spiral of gas in space surrounded by stars. The galaxy NGC 5427 as seen by the NASA Hubble …

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The discovery of molecular gas getting spewed from a quasar that existed around 13 billion years ago confirms some star-formation theories. Comments (0). illustration shows outflow of molecular gas from the quasar J2054-0005.

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover took a photo of its broken companion, the Ingenuity helicopter, as it sat alone on a dune. In this most recent photo of Ingenuity, the dual-rotor ‘copter can be seen motionless on a sandy dune in the background, as a barren, …

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Scientists would need sunspot number data from the previous six months, the month of February 2024 and the next six months which would take us to August 2024. So we would have to wait until September 2024 to be able to definitively declare that solar …

CBS News

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, blocking the sun’s light. When the moon blocks some of the sun, a partial solar eclipse occurs, but when moon lines up with the sun, blocking all of its light, a total solar eclipse …

CNN

Joshua Newton, a doctoral student at Curtin University’s School of Molecular and Life Sciences near Perth, collecting a golden orb spiderweb. Morten Allentoft. Sign up …

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“Understanding how ocean life interacts with the atmosphere and the global climate is one of the secrets of the universe right here at home.” Comments (0). a rocket stands upright on launch pad at night with a large white payload atop it.

Scientific American

During close flybys of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured stunning “bonus science” about the nightmarish world. By Meghan Bartels. Slight contrast and sharpness processing and cropping of first released image from PJ58 via NASA …